BUNGLE BUNGLE RANGES

 

 

 

 

 

Today we travelled from Fitzroy Crossing to Turkey Creek Roadhouse (Warmun) to leave our vans and return to drive through the Bungle Bungle Ranges -  53 Kilometres of gravel road which takes up to three hours to cover.

The first of many water crossings which make the National Park inaccessible in the Wet.

 

 

 

This is on the way to Piccaninny  Gorge. The black band around the soft sandstone rock is a parasite and when it dies the rock erodes from wind and water.

The flooding water cntaining rocks has eroded Piccaninny Creek which you have to walk up to get to the Gorge.

 

 

 

Cathedral Gorge is another beautiful Gorge in the same area. You can see people down by the water where fish are swimming around.

 

 

Bunge Bungle Range with the black and orange bands

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It might have been 37 degrees during the day, but we nearly froze at night in our little tents.

 

 

 

We got up early to walk to Mini Palm Gorge.  At the end of the Gorge is an amphitheatre which you access via a series of steps.There are small palms in the bottom.

 

 

 

 

Echidna chasm was also very pretty with its steep walls up to 200 metres high that you had to squeeze through in places. It was cool in the shade but scorching in the sun and its still winter.